Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The industry is innovating in GNSS, IMU and HD mapping technology, but more work is needed to develop higher performance, lower cost applications that enable instant, extremely accurate positioning at the centimeter level or better for lane-level navigation.
By Kevin Jost
Combining multipath assisted positioning and fingerprinting using deep learning brings the best of two worlds together: low complexity and good performance.
MARKUS ULMSCHNEIDER, CHRISTIAN GENTNER AND ARMIN DAMMANN, GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DLR), INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION
By Inside GNSS
JIYUN LEE, GIHUN NAM AND K. ANDREW SUN, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST)
A: Many forms of differential GNSS (DGNSS) exist to provide GNSS users with corrections to their pseudorange and carrier-phase measurements along with information to support their applications and provide integrity assurance [1].
By Inside GNSS
In this column, guest contributor Mike Horton from ANELLO Photonics introduces a new gyro technology that bridges the market gap between high-performance (but expensive) sensors (fiber-optic and ring laser gyros) and low-cost (but imprecise) MEMS gyros. Benefits of improved gyro quality enabled by SIPHOG are illustrated, including GNSS-denied navigation scenarios.
By Inside GNSS
While an independent report from NASEM has validated some NTIA GPS interference claims, no real mitigation is in in sight.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Keysight Technologies recently became the first to receive Global Certification Forum (GCF) validation of a 5G location based services (LBS) Assisted Galileo (A-Galileo) test case by combining 5G new radio (NR) and GNSS technology—an achievement that will accelerate the implementation of LBS in smartphones.
By Renee Knight
Through its recent acquisition of IoT firm Nestwave, NextNav can now combine its highly synchronized TerraPoiNT GPS backup system with Nestwave’s existing terrestrial LTE/5G signals to create near nationwide resilient PNT capabilities—lowering deployment costs by an estimated 75%, or more than $250 million, and allowing the company to scale sooner.
By Renee Knight
Oxford Technical Solutions Ltd (OxTS) is an established supplier of inertial navigation systems (INS), particularly to the automotive industry. Since 1998, its products have been providing critical data about where a vehicle is, how it’s oriented and how it’s moving. More recently the company has been making a big splash in the airborne mapping sector.
By Peter Gutierrez
After years of studying the concept of using low-Earth orbit (LEO) navigation satellites to supplement the Galileo system, the European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to move forward with an in-orbit demonstration as part of its new FutureNAV program.
By Renee Knight
infiniDome has added a new device to its anti-jamming solutions that’s designed to defend small to medium tactical UAS: GPSdome 2, the latest generation of the company’s GPSdome.
By Inside GNSS
Better positioning for rideshare apps, vehicle navigation in autonomous motorsports and satellite navigation signals for earthquake detection are just a few of the topics student presenters tackled during the first day of the 16th Annual Stanford PNT Symposium.
By Inside GNSS
ESA’s Ariane 6 launch vehicle, on which the deployment of the EU’s Galileo GNSS satellite constellation now depends, has taken another step towards first flight. A fresh series of hot fire tests of the rocket’s upper stage and all-new Vinci engine is now underway at Germany’s DLR center for engine and stage testing in Lampoldshausen.
By Peter Gutierrez
ESA has awarded an €800,000 NAVISP (Navigation, Innovation and Support Program) contract to Celestia UK for the development of an innovative PNT solution, based on LEO satellite constellations for 5G networks and applications.
By Peter Gutierrez
